Dr. A. Michael Borkon M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
4320 Wornall Rd Suite 50-Ii Kansas City MO, 64111Rating
4/5
About
Dr. A. Borkon is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Kansas City, MO. Dr. Borkon specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Borkon typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
Education and Training
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1975
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Is routine postaneurysmectomy hemodynamic assessment of the inferior mesenteric artery circulation helpful?
- The dilemma of too few hearts.
- Myonecrosis following isolated coronary artery bypass grafting is common and associated with an increased risk of long-term mortality.
- Intrapericardial pheochromocytoma.
- Omega-3 fatty acids in cardiac biopsies from heart transplantation patients: correlation with erythrocytes and response to supplementation.
- Use of a donor heart with symptomatic WPW in an alternate donor program.
- Tricuspid annuloplasty significantly reduces early tricuspid regurgitation after biatrial heart transplantation.
- Effect of difficulty affording health care on health status after coronary revascularization.
- Effects of omega-3 fatty acids on heart rate in cardiac transplant recipients.
- Bio-medicus ventricular assist device for salvage of cardiac surgical patients.
- Do not bite the hand that feeds you.
- Preexcitation syndrome in a donor heart.
- Bioprosthetic Valve Fracture to Facilitate Transcatheter Valve-in-Valve Implantation.
- Bioprosthetic Valve Fracture Improves the Hemodynamic Results of Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.
- Evaluation of current organ preservation methods for heart-lung transplantation.
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Aneurysm
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (aaa)
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Endocarditis
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